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I don't know if anyone else has this problem. I seem to have run out of the eyebolts which delivered with Issue 63 whilst building the mast assemblies. I contacted DeAgostini and was told that they have no more copies of Issue 63 to send out (apparently they can't split packs open to send individual parts). When I asked the question 'Where does that leave me' they then replied that they will be getting more issues but not until the end of March. This means a 2 month wait for patts which are now holding me up. I'm not a happy bunny and I have told DeAgostini that I feel let down by them.
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Hello Paul, Many modellers here go to sites like http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk when they have damages or shortages. There are many types to choose from, just search down the left hand side for model boat and ship fittings. best of luck Peter completed..... Endeavour Longboat, San Francisco 2, Virginia 1819
building Royal Caroline
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Paulc wrote:I don't know if anyone else has this problem. I seem to have run out of the eyebolts which delivered with Issue 63 whilst building the mast assemblies. I contacted DeAgostini and was told that they have no more copies of Issue 63 to send out (apparently they can't split packs open to send individual parts). When I asked the question 'Where does that leave me' they then replied that they will be getting more issues but not until the end of March. This means a 2 month wait for patts which are now holding me up. I'm not a happy bunny and I have told DeAgostini that I feel let down by them. Hi Paul, am sorry to hear about your shortage of eyebolts, this is not something I encountered when I reached the same stage. Rather than wait a couple of months for a replacement issue to arrive you could always order additional eyebolts from Cornwall Model Boats, they are not expensive, come in a variety of different sizes and are always handy to have spare in case of loss or breakage etc. If you do not want to go down the route of purchasing additional eyebolts then you could consider making your own from suitable brass wire. They are not difficult to make and they are just as good those supplied. This link hopefully will give you some idea on how to make them, also by searching youtube you should be find plenty of other examples. http://forum.model-space...spx?g=posts&t=11377
Hope this helps. Regards Alan
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Many thanks for your suggestions. I'll have a go at making some and see how they turn out. If they are a bit rubbish I'll buy some.
Out of interest I went through all the copies of the magazine from issue 63 (when the eybolts were supplied) to see how many were actually needed. By my reckoning a total of 182 are needed to complete the build up to issue 114. Only 150 are supplied !!
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Hi.
If you look amongst jewellery making stuff you should find some, Hobbycraft sell them. The ones I got are a bit larger dia. About 26thou. rather than 20thou.but I think acceptable, and their already black.
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hi
I ran out of eyebolts too and just to have a little whinge , we pay a lot of money to build this ship to have a shortage of anything
how do they know how many eyebolts are required ? do they guess ?
cos I know I didn't lose any and I probably need at least another 50
regards
disgruntled steve
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sgrich wrote:hi
I ran out of eyebolts too and just to have a little whinge , we pay a lot of money to build this ship to have a shortage of anything
how do they know how many eyebolts are required ? do they guess ?
cos I know I didn't lose any and I probably need at least another 50
regards
disgruntled steve Hi Steve, more eyebolts are supplied throughout the series. I agree there is a shortage of these when needed but the series does catch up. Some eyebolts you will have to fit at a later stage as and when they arrive. Regards Alan
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hi again steve here
yes I did notice some eyebolts are supplied with issue 135 , but I am only up to issue 117 , so I have to wait 18 weeks ? I think not
I looked on cornwall models website and they are out of stock , with anything like the right size .
By the way , whats happened to the model space sots build diary ?
since the maintenance period I cant get any pictures to load
the others are ok ,
regards steve
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sgrich wrote:hi again steve here
yes I did notice some eyebolts are supplied with issue 135 , but I am only up to issue 117 , so I have to wait 18 weeks ? I think not
I looked on cornwall models website and they are out of stock , with anything like the right size .
By the way , whats happened to the model space sots build diary ?
since the maintenance period I cant get any pictures to load
the others are ok ,
regards steve Hi Steve, there are more eyebolts to follow later in the build and before issue 135. If by the end you find you still have a few missing then simply request an issue that contains eyebolts for the qty you need. If you don't wish to wait then you can always try making your own, they are not difficult to make and would save you having to purchase from CMB who as you say, are out of stock.... Regards Alan
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Paulc wrote:I don't know if anyone else has this problem. I seem to have run out of the eyebolts which delivered with Issue 63 whilst building the mast assemblies. I contacted DeAgostini and was told that they have no more copies of Issue 63 to send out (apparently they can't split packs open to send individual parts). When I asked the question 'Where does that leave me' they then replied that they will be getting more issues but not until the end of March. This means a 2 month wait for patts which are now holding me up. I'm not a happy bunny and I have told DeAgostini that I feel let down by them. I know how you must feel. The worst thing about this is, with all the complaints there were about HMS Victory. missing parts etc, you think they would have learned.
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Just a shame that you fail to reflect that anything that is damaged or missing from any collection is replaced without question 
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hi steve here im happy , eyebolts will be there sorry tomack didn't read the post correctly just keen to see the end results after 2 years plus no time at all in the life of a build eh ? regards steve 
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sgrich wrote:hi steve here im happy , eyebolts will be there sorry tomack didn't read the post correctly just keen to see the end results after 2 years plus no time at all in the life of a build eh ? regards steve Hi Steve, your right it is no time at all in the life of this build... For me, I've always found DeAg to come good on replacing missing or defective parts without question. Long may they continue to do so....  Regards Alan
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Hi Steve. I know how you feel as I felt the same but I must agree with Alan that usually there is no problem in replacing parts. I think the problem here was that the eyebolts were supplied far too early in the series so by the time any problems were found they were out of stock of that issue.
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